Hat-pin-point protector.



A. STRZENGIWILK; HAT PIN POINT PROTECTOR. APPLIOYATION FILED APBn lfl',1914.

Patented July 14, 1914.

ATTORNEYS an m6 Q 27 WITNESSES ANDREW STRZENCIWILK, OF BUFFALO, NEWYORK.

HAT-PIN-POINT PROTECTOR.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 14, 1914.

Application filed April is, 1914. Serial no. 832,828.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, ANDREW STRZENOL of Erieand State of New York, have inventr ed certain new and usefulImprovements in HatPin-Point Protectors, of which the following is a.specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to hat pin point protectors, and has for itsobject to provide a device of such class, in a manner as hereinafter setforth, capable of being clasped upon. the pointed end of the pin for thepurpose of inclosing the pointed end to prevent injury therefrom.

Further objects of the invention are to provide a hat pin pointprotector, which is simple in its construction and arrangement, strong,durable, efficient and convenient in its use, readily set up, andcomparatively inexpensive to manufacture.

Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists ofthe novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts ashereinafter more specifically described and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein is shown an embodiment of the invention,but it is to be understood that changes, variations and modificationscan be resorted to which come within the scope of the claims hereuntoappended.

In the drawings, wherein like reference characters denote correspondingparts throughout the several views :Figure 1 is an elevation of a hatpin showing the adaptation therewith of a hat pin point protectingdevice in accordance with this invention, Fig. 2 is an elevation, partlyin section of the hat pin point protecting device, and Fig. 3 is avertical sectional view of the protecting device showing the sameapplied to the pointed end of a pin.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 4 denotes a pin shank, 5 a pointedend of the shank 6 and a head mounted upon the other end of the shank.The protecting device comprises a disk 7, formed with an oblong opening8, and extending longitudinally of said opening is a shaft 9, with theends of the latter seated in the disk 7 between the inner and outerfaces 10 and 11 respectively of said disk 7. The end walls of theopening 8 are provided with grooves 12 for the purpose of positioningthe shaft 9 and extending across the outer ends of the grooves atingmembers 19.

12 is a retaining member 13, which is of greater length than the opening8, and is provided with right angularly disposed barbs 14, which areembedded in the disk 7 whereby the member 13 is maintained in position.

The reference characters 15 and 16 denote a pair of oppositely disposedgripping members, wedge-shaped in longitudinal section and having theopposed faces thereof plane and further formed centrally withlongitudinally extending grooves 17. The gripping members 15 and 16 arefixedly secured by the holdfast devices 18 through a pair of springcontrolled and pivotally mounted jaw oper- The aw operating membersextend at an opposite inclination with respect to each other and eachhas its inner end inturned at right angles as at 21 and against whichabuts a jaw member. The jaw members are of less length than the lengthof their operating members, and the said operating members extendthrough the openings .8. Each of the operating members is provided witha pair of inwardly extend-- ing apertured lugs 22, which are mountedupon the shaft 9. Surroundingthe shaft 9 and having the ends thereofengaging the inner faces of the jaw operating members,

is a coiled spring 23, the function of which I is to maintain thegripping members 15 and 16 in abutting engagement. The angleshaped ends21 of the jaw operating members are grooved as at 22 and which formcontinuations of the groove 21.

The gripping members are adapted to have their grooves receive thepointed end 5 of the hat pin and the said gripping member will bemaintained in frictional contact with the said pointed end through theaction of the spring 23, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3, and when thegripping members are mounted upon the pointed end of the pin, it isobvious that no one can be injured thereby.

What I claim is 1. A hat pin point protecting device comprising a diskprovided with an opening, a shaft arranged in said disk and extendingacross said opening, a retaining member extending across the opening andsecured to the disk, a pair of spring controlled jaw opcrating memberspivotally mounted upon lng one at each side of the shaft, and a pair ofgripping jaws fixedly secured to said members.

2. A hat pin point protecting device comprising a disk provided with anopening, a shaft arranged in said disk and extending across saidopening, a retaining member eX- tending aerossthe opening and secured tothe disk, a pair of spring controlled jaw operating members pivotallymounted upon said shaft, said members being oppositely disposed andextending through said opening one at each side of the shaft, a pair ofgripping jaws fixedly secured to said mem- Copies of this patent may beobtained for ANDREW STRZENCIWILK.

WVitnesses:

WM. J. SUTTON, KoNsTANTY GOTAWSKI.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington,D. C.

